Rail-joint.



UNITED STATESPLA?ENT fil h;

"GEORGE seams; OF nocKivE iowi j RAIL-JOINT."

Application filed. April 11,1908. Serial No. 426,537.

Tod-ll, whom itma'y concern: 1 ,-,Bet known that I, G-nonen sEE .\IAl IN, acit zen of the: United States, re iding at Rockwell, in the-county of Cerro Gordo and the. objectof the invention 'is to provide a Stateof Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, ot'which the following isaspecification. i I

This invention relates to rail joints, and

. vide adevice of this character in which the ends of the rails are provided with projecting webs and base flanges provided with a rail block having suit-able interior cut away portions adapted for engagement with the-Webs and flanges, and a baseplateada ted to engage theunder faccs'oithe rail anges and the rail block, securing means consisting of spikes being provided for retaining the flanges of the rails, the base plate and the rail block in secure engagement with each other without the necessity of belts orother devices connecting the block and rail webs.

With these and other objects in view the invention resides in the novel construction of elements and their arrangement in operative combination, hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 1s a top plan view of the contiguous meeting ends of a pair of rails connected in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a slightly modified form of rail block and base plate. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view upon the line 33 of Fig. 1-.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the rail,

ends constructed in accordance with this in vention. Fig. 5 is a'siinilarviewofaslightly modified form. Fig.6 is'a (lQtiLll' perspective -view. of one of the rail blocks employed in Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a detail longitudinal sectional view of the base plate. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the end of one of the rails emp oyed in the modification illustrated in Fig. 2. Fig. 9 is a perspective View of a portion of'the block employed in the construction illustrated ilrFig." 2.

Specification of LettersPatent.

Eaten-ted Feb. ialmcg.

, In the accompanying drawings, and re ferring particularly to 1', 3 and 4. thereof the numeral 1 designates a pair of rails. These rails 1 are constructed in -the ordinary manner hwiiig a head web 3 and base flanges The rails have their nets 3 and base flanges l projected a suitable distance beyond theend of the head 2, and in the constructioii illustrated in these figures the head 2 is provided with a central cut away portion to provide a recess or pocket -5. The longi-- tudinal wall'of this pocket 5 is inclined from.

the edge of the web 3 to the top of the head 2, s of the drawings 1 as clearly illustrated in Fig. A rail block 6 is provided to engage the pr jecting portions of the tongues and" base This block 6 comprises a- 'j flanges of the rails.

head 7 of a contour corresponding"with head 2 of the rails, and is also providedrv/rth flanges 8, adapted to overlie'the flanges l of the projecting portion of, the rails." block 6 isprovided with a central groove or channel 9, adapted to receive the webs set thelpip'ject-ingi portions of' the rails. The

block 6 is provided h a cut away portion or pocket, corresponding ivitlnthe cuh away portion or pocket 5 of the rail ends. The flanges 8 of the bloel-:, 6 have their outer edges provided with longitildinal lips or upstanding portions 10. A base plate 11 is provided. This base plate ii is provided with upstanding edges or offsets 12, having inwardly projecting lips 13. The base plate 11 is cut to correspond to the snape of the block 6, and the plate is adapted to underlie the projecting base'tlanges oi the rail ends and to have the vertical walls of its longitudi nal walls or offsets engage the vertical walls of the flanges 8 ofthe block and their lips 13 engage the loi'igitudinal lips 10 of the flanges. Spikes 14, or other suit-able retaining ele- .ments are positioned in the rail ties 15, a-

cent the edges of the base plate 11 and are adapted to engage the base flanges 4 of the rail members to effectively secure the connesting elements together and to prevent, lateral or longitudinal movement of the block 6 or base plate 11, while allowing for the le'n-b gitudinal expansion and contraction of the rails. Y

In Fig. 2 there is illustrated a slightly modified form ot-connecting block and base flange and the rails have their heads out at a suitable angle to correspond with the angle of the connecting block. The rails employed in this modification are adapted to have their webs 3 and base flanges 4 project a suitable distance beyond the head 2 of the rail, as'

clearly illustrated in Fig. 8 of the drawings.

'In Fig. 9 there is illustrated in pers ective a portion of the head 6 of the rail ,b ock emloyed in the construction illustrated in E 2 v a Fig. there is illustrated a slightly modified form of rail end. This form is substantially similar to that illustrated in, Fig. 4

' the rail bloc msponding'. with the cut away portions 16.

The object of having this end of the baseplate 11 beveled or wedgesha ed is to allow the glate 11 a free start upon t e flanges .8 of the lock 6 when the glate is being driven into position 11 on the lock beneath the extending web 0 therails. v

. From the above description itwill be seen that a simple, cheap and thoroughly effective means has been provided for" securing the contraction and expansion of the rails,

' and'one in which bolts or other devices tendthe. meeting ends of rails, one which allows for ing to weaken the rails are entirely disposed with.

Havin thus fully described .the'invention what is c aimed as new is: I In a rail 'oint, the combination of the contiguous en suitabledistance and the transverse walls provided by t'lns'q cut away portionarranged at an angle to the web ofthe rail sections, a rail bloc havingan interiorly arranged cut away portion adapted'to engage he webs of the rail sections and the base flanges of the rails between the heads of the rails, the block having its vertical edges provided with up? wardly' extendin curved longitudinal projections, a tie p ate having a base portion adapted to extend beneath the block and the base flanges of the rail, said late having up-x standing sides provided wit inwardl projecting portions having curved lips a apted to on e the curved extending portions. of

'the b 00 and retaining elements forengaging the flanges of the rails,- the ends of the block andthe tie plate at their points of engaggment' with the flan es of the rails. testimony whereo I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses. 1

GEORGE SEEMANN. I 'Witnesses:

; Pna'r'r B.-Bn1s'ror.,

R. J. BARNHILL- of a pair of rails, said rails hav-' mg their heads out awaylongitudinally a 

